The Well Meaning Mayor (The Saint TV Series)

Plot
When George Hackett loses to the well-connected Sam Purdell in the election of mayor of the town of Seatondean, Hackett's convinced Purdell's corrupt., In the course of looking for proof to back his claim, he's murdered. Sam's friend, Simon Templar, puts Purdell to the test by offering him a bribe which he angrily refuses. Templar's now sure of Purdell's honesty, but is being manipulated by another party, whom he plans to flush out.

Miscellaneous

 * The "Seatondean Sentinal and Gazette" detailing the election night is dated Thursday 1st September 1960. The much later second copy of the paper at the close of the edition contains, barring the headline, the exact same articles.

Revealing mistakes

 * During the close up shots of Templar going after Purdell up in the girders of the building site, shadows could be seen cast on what was supposed to be the sky.

Origin
This episode was adapted from the short story "The Well-meaning Mayor" from the 1939 book The Happy Highwayman. (Note that the hyphen is included in the story title but is missing from the episode title.)